Weekender XLBS: Talking 3D Printing, Laser Cutting & Horus Heresy Plastics
August 2, 2015 by lloyd
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First, now I sleep.
You weren’t kidding when you said the down thumb doesn’t bother you! Lol
lol
Happy Sunday!
Happy Sunday Guys
Happy Sunday!
Happy Sunday.
Justin it’s time for you to man up & base your dwarven army along with the two dwarves down.
Two dwarves down is that the Warhammer version of black hawk down??
Justin: Base them!
What he said
What he said ^
you could make them like they are standing on stone tiles of a dungeon or something, that way they will be based and still pop up on a green mat
happy sunday !
Happy Sunday :D.
Base them Justin, I used to not base because I just couldn’t be bothered.. but I found once I started the minis actually started to pop way more, if you do it the paint on the miniatures tend to stand out more.
Happy Sunday. Base the Dwarfs!
Justin, just base them! 😉
The way I base my armypainter painted armies is putting pva on the base straight from the pot, spread it quickly with an old brush and then dip them in a large pot of static grass (the big ones that you get from trainstores etc). Once dry I quickly paint all the sides of the bases with black to get that clean crisp look. Then I add in some flower tufts from AP to add some detail. It’s relatively quick and adds a lot of character to your models, so go for it Justin!
(It’s so effective my AP painted FoW force got selected for best painted at a local tournament…)
I do not “base” my infantry. My infantry are usually just A&A 15mm pre-paints with black circular bases and I just leave them like that. Ergo, I don’t even paint my infantry figures to begin with, so I definitely don’t worry about decorated bases.
I like generic “black” bases because that way my figures look equally appropriate on different battlefields (desert, arctic, countryside, steppe, etc). And if I’m not going to paint/base them once, I sure as s*** ain’t doing it multiple times for different environments / climates.
If Justin likes the miniatures the way they are, I say . . . they’re his miniatures, his hobby, his army, and leave them be. 🙂
ADMITTEDLY, however
** My figures are much smaller scale than these. The “standards” of 15mm infantry aren’t nearly as high as for 28mm or larger.
** I’m only 50% a “miniatures” wargamer in the first place. So what do I know? 🙂 Coming from a world of hexgrids and counters, I tend to be a lot more forgiving of what a model looks like (or even if its the right one) so long as players know what type it really is and how the game mechanics apply to it.
@oriskany “I like generic “black” bases because that way my figures look equally appropriate on different battlefields (desert, arctic, countryside, steppe, etc).”
Originally, I had metal looking bases on the dust mini’s I was showing for this very reason.
But something about them just didn’t feel right/finished and as I said in the show I was tempted to leave them a flat colour, but in the end I just think they look cooler with some nice basing.
Happy (base them) Sunday!
Happy Sunday! Base those Dwarfs
HAPPY SUNDAY
Justin. It’s all about that base. ‘Bout that base. No rubble.
Re Roman. Apart from “how to base” keen to know tricks about eyes.
Spellcheck people. Omg … cards aganist humanity few.
I agree to base them also – they are well painted though! Really loved hearing about the laser cutters and 3d printers especially but i’d like to know more about the 3d Scanners. I wouldn’t mind scanning my hand-sculpted miniatures in and seeing if I can alter the poses and such (If that is even possible)
I’ve found my equivalent to @lloyd ‘s plinths… and it’s Lloyd himself!!!
Put it under the close cam and get your hand out of the shot… stop moving everything about a hundred times and turning and sliding and…. aaaaaargh. Put it in the shot, and maybe, just maybe turn it around once, ONCE…
Deep cleansing breath, deep cleansing breath…
And Justin, don’t let them bully you… your hobby, your army… just do as you please (and annoy the hell out of your mates 🙂 )
Base them.
Happy sunday!
Justin, base your army.
John is right about the looney toons effect.
Laser cutting is for production, 3D printing is for prototyping.
Have Romain paint something historical.
Well, that`s all I could think up.
Happy sunday.
Some colourful like a Pike and Shoote guys could be good for historical
Base hem
Defiantly base them. They look to incomplete and the work of a noob just because of that.
Base them properly, not just sand.
Base them Justin, it will enhance the look of your miniatures,
You put all that effort into painting them, finish them with some decent bases. Its like baking a birthday cake from scratch then not putting icing on!
All your base are belong to us.
Base them.
Justin, diorama base them! It needs less figures in a unit to do that, so you’d have free figures for your other games.
I don’t know if this would be below Romain’s standards, but he could possibly paint a block of troops and show tips and techniques for painting a high volume of minis that look above tabletop standard relatively quickly.
Although like I said that may be a waste of his talents.
Oh and also base them.
Happy Sunday! Base those Dwarfs, please
Hi justin, you did a cracking job on the minis. I use a very similar sheme on my dwarves. Maybe to speed the basing use the gamesworkshop texture paint. I suggest the Astrogranite, and a quick highlight and done, tha gives the a mountain like base.
I am quite excited by the HH plastics, I do feel that this game is going to do to 40K what AOS did to Warhammer, i.e. I think it’s going to become their intro system for the 30/40k universe.
My suggestion Justin would be to base the models that are on the outside of the unit that way you don’t have to worry about trying to jigsaw them back together, if you want to use them for a unit. Admittedly this idea dose not work for smaller units and cavalry but for big blocks of infantry it should look ok.
Base them.
AP Soft Tone is equivalent to Seraphim Sepia, Strong Tone equivalent to Agrax Earthshade, Dark Tone is an even darker brown – almost but not quite black.
Justin why not play them at Kings of War, if they win base them. If you win have them un base theirs to match yours !
happy sunday!
-with any HH box set the only armies would be space marines, so you could have 2 forces or 1 force in a box with the same minis (as long as you have double min squad size)
Lloyd, base them!
For goodness sake….
I meant :
Justin, base them!
My brain got crossed over because I was going to say that I agree with Lloyd regarding using Mantic stuff for Frostgrave. I thought “great! I’ll strip, repaint and rebase some of my Mantic minis – hey presto! Instant Frostgrave warband! ”
I then realised that Mantic stuff was so cheap that I might as well just buy new ones.
Basing is sooo easy and effective looking. So that being said…Base the Dwarves!!!!!!!!
Justin, leave your dwarves as they are if you like them this way. Also, reusing your miniatures for other games to maximize what you can get out of your investment (time&money) is smart !
Grow a spine, afterall it is your goddamn army and no one should tell you what to do with them 🙂
Let no one bully you into thier opinions mate.
“Justin, leave your dwarves as they are if you like them this way.”
There speaks wisdom. 😀
@dignity Base them mate
Mob rules
Base them
Happy Sunday
Get with the basing Justin…. 🙂
Happy Sunday!
Base them, Justin!
Personally I say if your happy with your dwarves keep them the way they are Justin! Its your hobby so do it the way you like.
Base them!
I don’t base all my minis. There are games where I prefer not to base them, though for rank and file historical and fantasy games I do prefer to base. If they’re going to be on a grass field I usually just slap on some Vallejo Brown Earth texture, a bit of PVA, then dip it in some static grass.
I’ve had an epic seven days of gaming in which I’ve got through a game of Guild Ball, Dice Masters, Arcadia Quest, DC Deckbuilding, and no fewer than seven games of Relic Knights. Verily this be the golden age of gaming, or at least the golden age of my gaming lol.
Sound like your bases are close to mine, aside from I been using grass turfs lately
Based X1000 there you go base them! 🙂
Happy sunday. gotta base them
Base your minis!
Also, hehehe Lloyds magical box – that could be the title of a BOW 3D printing series!
Missed oppurtunity by GW to do a new licence called “30k” and do the minis all true scale. That would be truely amazing and link better with codex art and video games etc. Justins dwarves are looking quite nice, the organ gun looks really good imo.
Happy Sunday!
Justin…just base your minis, mate.
Justin, get 25mm square clear bases if you dont want to base them. Then base the tray they are on. You can have different trays for different surfaces i you want and just put the clear based models on there, no puzzle, looks the same every time no mater what models are on there or in what order.
Black bases just makes the models on them look worse then they actual are.
Justin, for the love of all things hobby, base those dwarves. Just leave the edges black if you want the contrast.
@lloyd is an unbased mini, not like on a mini plinth?
Justin I must say get them based
lol @rasmus I suppose it is.
Justin: Base it. (…and don’t be so hostile anymore!)
Justin… Hostile? I don’t know what you’ve been watching.
Absolutely no doubt – BASE THEM, PLEASE 😉
If I’m learning I can work out that’s a unit by looking at the painted miniatures. I don’t need a large black surface to make them stand out. It’s not a bad idea but the minis will stand out anyway.
+1 to this comment just because of your UserID and icon. 😀
Except . . “grumpy” Zhukov? You’re implying that there was ever a time when he was NOT grumpy. 🙂
Base.
The thing that most tempts me about KoW is the idea of scenic/diorama unit basing.
Alternatively Justin could just make a black gaming board and make everyone else look like idiots?
Justin – base them, they just look unfinished and black is a way to harsh contrast to every tabletop surface.
Happy Sunday!
Base´em!
I would like to watch a painting tutorial on Infinity Tags, preferably the Acanonda maybe.
+1 for the tag idea
Happy Sunday!
Justin – Base those minis! 🙂
For Romain:
Faces! I’ve been painting minis for over 22yrs now and I still can’t get them right (male and female) Am just about to start Willa Shaw from the WWX range and know I’m going to struggle.
Would also be interested to see his take on FoW infantry
Base it with http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/Item/B92/page/1 that way you can keep your black base but if someone looks up close they can see it been based.
Happy Sunday!! @dignity may I suggest that you didn’t actually need to buy or paint any more dwarves to still fulfill your requirements? Diorama!!! You could have easily gotten away with producing a “20” man sized unit with 15 or so mini’s in more active poses, as it’s the base that matters the most – then you still have 4 or 5 left over for your skirmish games.
Ooh, could I ask, just picked up the Halo Fleet Battles box (loving the mini’s by the way), be curious to see how Romain would attempt the Covanant ships in particular
Cheers me ode!!
“I’m all about that base, bout that base, no trouble…”
Base them or they will look unfinished, also, good basework can make mediocre painting look good.
Happy Sunday! Justin you need to base those Dwarves!
@lloyd I’d reccomend using the purple was as a shade for green, it works really well. All the minis below had purple as a shade on the green parts.
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/t31.0-8/322451_10150348727956780
that dose seem to work quite well 🙂
base and magnatise them Justin
Hi guys, Justin…..base them!
We really think you should base them Justin.
Great show scary thing on the laser cutter/3D tech stuff, for once I having been immersing myself in the theory etc on this stuff from the first introduction weekly up date some time back and actually managed to follow it. This means although it sounds complex and I suppose to an extent it isn’t going to be everyones cup of tea, I am really going to look into this some more. Thanks Gents.
How many of us stopped at 22:28 and re-wound just to see if he did indeed say strong tone twice? 😀 /raises hand. 🙂
lol and did I?
I’m afraid you did.
base it
@justin Don’t base them, keep them as they are.
Again, I’ll agree with don’t base them if your like them the way they are.
That said, it seems we’re hopelessly outnumbered. 🙂
Justin please base them
Propably someone saidf this dear justine. base your mantic dwarfs but set them on a magnetic sheet, then you can pick what you want for your frostgrave game, how simple is it realy. 😀
Base them NOWWWWW!!!!!!!!
Romain should show him how to base. Even the spawn of Rhodes showed us basing.
Base them
Happy Sunday!
Is the sound way out of sync for anyone else?
Also, was there a front stage weekender this week? Am I going mad? I can’t see it.
Base them. All your base belong to us. 😉
Justin, I agree with you.
I purchased a painted Khador army for warmachine. It has a beautiful snow flocked theme based. I like the look of the minis in a display case. On the battlefield they stick out like a sore thumb. Little patches of snow in the forest, little patches of snow on a road, little patches of snow in the desert.
Base them Justin you lazy begger.
biggest gameing weekend in the hobby, dont bother to talk about it, instead repeat conversations from lastweeks and another weekender when killian was on talking about the same stuff, oh an look at a sprue an incredibly dull sprue… bow must try harder lol
@toshkien, Your missing a key fact. The Weekenders are shot before the weekend (otherwise they wouldn’t be ready). So all the Gen Con stuff is coming out after both shows are in the can.
In the meantime you can checkout the blogs we have on the site for it:
http://www.beastsofwar.com/eventslist/gen-con-2015-live-blog/
http://www.beastsofwar.com/eventslist/gen-con-2015-live-blog-part-2/
i know @lloyd that you record ahead of time, im just busting you guys balls abit, and just think personally Gencon is far more important than 3d printing/lasercutting and a mysterious sprue and would have reshot the weekender to cover it while its relevant 🙂
And what it there to say about an ongoing con?
Yes there is news coming out over there but that is covered very well elsewhere on the site, how much more could the guys add, with out just regurgitateing the same stuff, an after con show next week will no doubt come with some follow up on it.
there could have been lots of stuff to say and no doubt will be in the weekender coming up, but the guys could have worked with many of these companys that they know to get more hype for items at the con perhaps members could have seen something teased on the site here and headed to a booth for something they didnt know about or company they didnt know about maybe? i dont know , i just thought this weekender was a bit of a dull one due to its repetition, if i was realy that pissed about it being like that i’d vote with my wallet not leave a comment…
B-b-b-but you always talk as if it IS Sunday. I just thought you all woke up at 2am on the day and filmed it all! 😉
Biggest gaming weekend in the hobby?
Not where I live mate.
Get them dwarves based!
Base them mate
Lots of mention there of Frostgrave. I’m interested in this game, only just started to look at it. I cant find much about it here though. Any one got a good place to see whats its all about?
http://thegaragegamers.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/frostgrave-fantasy-wargames-in-frozen_25.html
Also, here’s the stuff:
http://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=195&page=1
Plastic set looks good.
Amazon had the rulebook for £10.50 last time I looked. Can’t go wrong with that really.
Please base them Justin.
Happy Sunday Guys,
Just Bloody Base it Justin!
Base them Justin.
Haha sorry Lloyd, too late 😛
Happy Sunday
Base them!!!!
Maybe Romain could do some 6mm troops/vehicles/mecha or even Battletech miniatures!
Base those damn dwarfs!
Justin, base them. Or not to continue annoying everyone that thinks they look unfinished. OCD folks. Or you can just use a black table so they match.
For me, laser cutting tends to imply mass production of a few designs. And 3D printer tends to imply lots of different items, some mass produced, but also simply unique items printed a few times. Of course, that’s just an subjective feel for the technology.
@lloyd watch this vid to fix your troops bendy gun issues. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=URn9vujwksw Wouldn’t try this on them if you already painted them but them being primed black should be ok just lessen the time that you have them in the hot water and experiment. I’d love to see more dust coverage and for you to run a dust show. John was right about the grey colour being used early war but this is alternate history ww2 and in this timeline you can see from the artwork for Dust that they do paint their walkers grey as well as camo patterns etc. so don’t fret nothing wrong with the grey paint scheme. Happy Sunday and great show.
@warwolf – yeah hot water has worked 🙂
Thanks for the tip, guys. I just got 120 moderns for an Iraq campaign (20mm), great minis at a great price, but very soft plastic and VERY bendy guns. I hope this will help. 😀
Justin, base them ffs. The golden standard of tabletop miniature painting is bases and faces for a reason.
Happy Sunday, Justin either use clear acrylic bases or put grass/ruble on them, it look boring with a plain Black base
Yes, base them…
Justin, base the Dwarves.. on bases laser cut from clear acrylic plastic.
Just an oddball thought I got while listening to all the 3d and laser cutting talk in today’s show.
But seriously, while I tend to finish my bases, I’ve never faulted anyone for not doing so. If you don’t want to finish the bases, then don’t. It’s your army after all.
that’s a cool idea, never need to worry about your mini’s having the wrong bases, grass base on a snow board, desert base on a grass board, granted, be very hard to get done right but would look really interesting… Worth a trial anyhow 🙂
About the “should I base the dwarf army”: It’s your army, paint and base it the way you want, it’s your army. I would base it personally because I am a horrible painter so I want the viewer to see the base, not the model itself.
Being serious, every kind of painting tutorial has been done to death EXCEPT unit based speed painting. Newcomers to my gaming club often refuse to believe I can produce good quality fully based units of 10 men in 6-8 hours. Film a ‘live’ video series showing this being done, just as a motivational aid to hobbyists. My personal opinion is the internet’s obsession with advanced painting videos de-motivates beginners. I started in 40k in 1984(?). There was no internet then so we just got stick in and learned our craft through doing. Just my 2 cents. lol. rant over.
I know every video has been done to death. But then there are always people new to the hobby learning the ropes. And heck my painting is coming along nicely the last 5 years and yet I still think has a way to go.
Base them and it lifts the model.
I love that you guys have touched on the Heresy stuff, though its a bit painful to watch. It’d be nice if you could get a HH player invited over to have a chat about the stuff a bit more. Though I know thats a difficult one.
It is a bit frustrating to see that Justin was kind of leading the HH section but has never looked at the HH stuff on Forgeworld in any depth. Apologies if I’m wrong on that one. Just a bit frustrating.
Justin seemd pretty tense this episode… : D
Get those dam dwarves based Justin… If you’re not going to base them then you may as well not paint them either…..(shaking my head in despair)…
Good show guys the laser and 3D printing was especially interesting…
Sorry Justin, but you need to base those dorfs. 😛
Base them properly.
Even just some diluted PVA and then dip in some basing material will be better. A tub of Gale Force 9 ash flock is a great alternative, nice colour that would look good on camera.
The heresy minis look nice, I have the forgeworld resin Praetors, fantastic minis, if the plastics get close they will be well worth it.
BASE IT
my personal opinion is that no matter how much of a good painter someone might be a model is never truly finished until the base is done. that base is what tells the story of the mini not the mini.
so all in all justin, just base the bloody things 😛
Now I know what the collective term for a group backstagers. A Mob apparently.
Any one keeping count on how many have told Justin to base them ?
Lost count, looks like a Mob of Backstagers has spoken 😉
Last week David Cameron made the headlines by calling migrants a swarm, am I going to see @lloyd on the front page tomorrow
Paused the video just to say @dignity Base those dwarfs! The unit will look much better as a whole. Don’t worry about them not being visible. Their red and brass paint job will stand out in pretty much any environment (except perhaps the Chaos dimension of Khorne).
And you don’t have to spend ages on it. Just steal Lloyd’s fine sand. Put some PVA around each dwarf’s feet and jiggle them around in the pot. Let them dry overnight, and done!
If you feel bored sometime you could go the extra mile and dab some PVA on the base again, then pull the model through a bag of flock. It will create a patchy grass effect that will work in many environments.
Happy sunday, but come on guys, Mantic dwarfs, no no no, Ever checked AVATAR OF WAR DWARFS those ones realy ROCKS !!!!
yes we’ve had them on the show – they look flipping ACE!
Happy Sunday! Enjoyed the show, and I agree with Lloyd & John base the mini’s Justin. At least the dwarfs that are lying on the ground.
Killian you mentioned that you are having trouble finding D rings to hold the weight of the box, check out http://www.strapworks.com/default.asp Strapworks.com. We have purchased quite a bit from them including D rings for our packs and water bottle straps for our adventures into the woods. And they can hold a lot of weight. You might be able to find what you are looking for with them. And prices are great!
Lloyd – loved the Dust Mini’s!
Enjoy the rest of your week!
Thanks @rayven, doing a bit more paint at the mo 🙂
Thanks for the link, unfortunately I’d need D-Ring brackets that I can attach to the wooden frame of the case and after a look through the website strapworks only sells fixings for climbing gear.
I may have a solution now through military surplus now. I’ll be cutting the first of the internal boxes this Friday at the Belfast FabLab
You are most welcome! Good Luck and let us know how it turns out. Would you be willing to share the link to the Military Surplus? I have a secret addition to browsing through Military Surplus sites to find the rare odds and ends lol
Justin base the dwarven folk!
Justin base your minis! keep the side of the base black if you wish but base your minis
On the HH stuff a lot of people are saying its going to go the way of AoS. the HH stuff have their own sets of rule books on top of the standard 40k rules anyway and I can’t see them doing too much to break a set of books they are a fraction through producing.
I wouldn’t worry about new rules the system has a fully fledged rules system for the HH stuff. AoS was a last chance roll of the dice for the system it was either that are axe it.
Base ’em, always base ’em
Good show guys…..Justin base if you want to its your hobby…. Laser cutter was interesting and I do a fair bit of 3D printing myself. Some of the information wasn’t quite right…. Sintering is not used in this industry. Rolls Royce use Sintering for engine parts etc but laser resin or loss wax is the technology used for Miniatures..
Basing your figures, yes. The look on Jon’s face when told the bases were finished = Priceless.
Base you figures, Justin
Justin, I feel sorry for you man. You really do get a rough deal sometimes.
If you’re happy with your figures as they are, leave them as is. Honestly, it’s far better than playing against a plastic army that someone hasn’t bothered to paint.
As much as I want you to base them Justin, I have to say arty here has got the nicest most true approach to the situation. The internet needs more people like you artemis5150!
Damn it second weekend in a row i can’t watch XLBS. This has never happened before, are BoW recording/filming this in some new manner?
Have you tried a different browser? Someone else had a problem recently but it was caused by something they had set-up in chrome.
I watch your shows/articles on my ipad using safari as i don’t have a computer, it just seems to be the last two weekends i haven’t been able to watch XLBS the episodes previously have been viewed with great delight.
You need to base them in most people’s eyes and as a person who enjoys the painting and creating part of the hobby most I would advise you to as well but as long as you like them that’s all that matters. Ps I’m still waiting for these bolt action games to kick off So put your dwarfs away and bring out the Germans.
The audio is really out this week, watching on an iPad using Safari.
Justin, do what you want with your army. If hobby time is limited spend it painting soldiers so you can play. I would suggest re-visiting the bases at a later time, but you will probably be too busy with the latest hobby obsession.
YES – Base It !
Base them.
Get basing Justin – use GW technical paints that are designed for basing. They’re dead easy and quick, and with a bit of dry brushing and a grass tuft or two, can look amazing.
The laser cutting and 3d printing chat was excellent, can’t wait to see the BoW cutter and printer in action.
Sorry Justin but I have to agree with your fellow presenters, base them. The models look unfinished without it. You have done a nice paint job on them give them a fitting base they deserve. As the old adage goes “it’s all about the bases and faces” when it comes to miniature painting.
I know it was mentioned when you first went to live editing and was something you were looking into but I’m still getting I’m still getting an audio delay on both this and the front stage show. I tend to listen while painting so not quite as of putting as my eyes are on the mini I’m painting but thought I would let you know.
Thanks, great show as usual.
I think for once if these rumours turn out to be true there may be a good single player purchase box set. The problem with box set purchases is the two sides problem, ideally you split it with someone, but then there is the problem of the book and so on. I mean of course you guys could double down on on one box set, however the problem with that is often that a double of a box set wouldn’t work out because of doubles of unique models, like the current ‘Age of Sigmar’ box sets and the ‘Dark Vengeance’ box sets.
Base them Justin… please just base them
Justin, I agree with John. The black looks like a LooneyTune pit. Dwarves need solid stone to stand firm on. The objective markers look like dwarves sleeping it off over open graves. Not always a good omen for a battle objective. Base.
I’d like to see Roman paint some mdf buildings from MAS for Wild West Exodus and Wolsung, particularly weathering after a base coat.
Can it be? Did I miss it? Has no one done…
Badgers?!
We don’t need no steenkin’ badgers!
Just get a girl to tell Justin to paint the bases.
After all, he spent a year growing that beard, and the second a lass told him to shave it (less than a week before Justin’s reason for growing it) and off it went.
First off I think Justin should do what he pleases with his models, they are after all his. If he wishes to base them or not really shouldn’t matter.
Second I want to touch on the Heresy sprues. A slight correction to John’s comment on Tactical squad size; John stated they are 20 man strong and yes they can be but they start at 10 men strong. Also I only see one missile launcher/melta gun/plasma gun etc… In Heresy games both support and heavy weapons cannot be taken in tactical squads but are instead in specialized squads of five to ten men armed all with the same support or heavy weapon (Sergeants weapons/equipment may vary). To me this makes the sprue confusing if it is intended to be used in Heresy games; to me it looks more like alternative squad boxes for 40K.
base it or yes. leave the edges black
happy sunday
base them please !!!!!!!!!!!!! they will look much better
ive lost so many models on my table because I base them? base them you moron lol
To be played while they are discussing Army Painters shaders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nebe1zuEtbc
If you don’t base those dwarfs, I will come over to Ireland and base them for you.
I’d like to see Romain tackle some of the Batman minis from Knight Models!
I’d love too see painting tutorials for colonial marines, predator and xenomorphs from Aliens vs Predator The hunt begins board game. Prodos wasted their time sending a preview copy to angry Joe I’m sure they would send one to you guys which is where it should have went in the first place.
Prodos just told me that they sent you guys a copy, would love to see Romain work his magic on those models
I’m a bit late watching this, but, I just wanted to say “BASE THE DWARVES JUSTIN!”
Base them….
Look intooo my ayes and repeat what I say: base, base, base, base, base, base, base, base, base, base, base 🙂
Get ’em based ya big pussy! 🙂
Seriously though, its up to you. Your models, your hobby …. your humiliation and embarrassment…
Justin of BoW? Yeah, you know, that guy who can’t be arsed to base his models and pretends its a design choice! :p
Justin all I hear is “blah blah blah I am lazy” Im with all the other guys it looks unfinished ;p
@dignity Yes. I saw your army and thought: “A really nice job, especially for a mass battle system. And he is just about finished, only bases needed.” So please base them. Even a straight green with nothing is better than black. I prime most of my models black (so nobody sees the white shining through, where my painting sucks). And so black bases is just a primed base. It looks unfinished. A paintjob comes to life, when the black is gone.
ooh, could I also suggest that Romain tries his hand at some Napoleonics? Some French Old Guard Grenadiers or something 😛
Base them!
Base them!
Base them, mate!!!!
This may get me in trouble, but as an elementary school teacher, I have to speak up. Technically, Justin HAS based his mini’s…the figures are attached to bases. What everyone seems to be so passionate about is the decoration of his bases 🙂
That being said…if Justin bows to member pressure (or as some might say, comes to his senses), and decides to embellish his bases, I suggest a dark brown or dark grey small stone/gravel look. I mean they are Dwarves, stone is their thing. This way they still stand out on almost every terrain.
This isn’t going to be the most original reply but…
Justin, you should really base your dwarfs. They look reallty good – but unfinished. Bases really make an army look special. I would suggest something fairly neutral – a stone grey, perhaps brown / sand stone like the rock your leader is standing on. I would also suggest painting the rims/edges of the bases a neutral colour too. A brown base will stand out from a green tabletop but paradoxically will also not look out of place, particularly if you add a bit of flock or static grass.
Most of the games you play are likely to be on green fields, or at least terrain that has some grass. So anything fairly neutral – brown, sand, khaki, dust, etc. will look good.
Base them. pls.
Good show guys like the stuff about the 3d/ laser printers. The new GW marines look good from the crap pictures. The 4gground stuff is always amazing.
PS @dignity you go to the bother to get Romain to improve your painting skills then not base them some coloured PVA & sand would do.
Buy clear transparent acrylic bases.
I don’t like scenic bases because they are always so out of place. When my friend comes with SpaceWolves all snowy bases and put them on my lava terrain it looks just silly.
Clear transparent are always transparent so it really doesn’t matter for them.
Base them. Buy more for frostgrave. It’s what i have done/will do when mantic ships my dreadball and kings of war in next week.
Need to base the dwarfs with black coal from woodland scenics
Base them.
Justin needs to base his army.
Couple of things for Roman.
Anything from knight models.
A bust to really concentrate on using different colours to enrich skin tones.
Look at different paint consistencies and when to use each.